Cannot see which packages contain matching executable without running anything #72
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For $ alias "wherefile"="nix-locate -w --top-level --at-root --"
$ wherefile "/bin/hello"
haskellPackages.hello.out 990,720 x /nix/store/adhrgz75290hbkwar4n6pa2cmrll0vix-hello-1.0.0.2/bin/hello
mbedtls.out 119,784 x /nix/store/9f0dmr40pa3kmxiabxkfaidrbjkp6aqx-mbedtls-3.6.0/bin/hello
mbedtls_2.out 48,992 x /nix/store/n9n9jfa6z3s3bqhhlhc2nbgbn9vgbhxw-mbedtls-2.28.8/bin/hello
hello.out 55,712 x /nix/store/g1n2vryg06amvcc1avb2mcq36faly0mh-hello-2.12.1/bin/hello
fltk.bin 613,144 x /nix/store/g58kncgn911y1yb7v6lklidivysx7b4j-fltk-1.3.8-bin/bin/hello
fltk14.bin 885,816 x /nix/store/0v7hyap7nc0g0hpjx96zb8qrkm1l0q75-fltk-1.4.x-2021-12-21-bin/bin/helloIf you want /bin/ prefilled then make a function |
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I frequently check which packages include an executable but I don't want to run the command. Comma shows me what packages contain the executable with
fzyin the selector but then I have to send a SIGINT to exit. If there's only package, the command will just run.--print-packageonly prints the package containing the one chosen executable and runs the command afterward.What if there was another flag like
--list-packagesthat printed off each package containing the executable and exited immediately after?The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: